Potted Prairie Hen a la Matelote

Ingredients

• prairie hens
• butter
• bacon
• two tablespoons flour
• about four cups bouillon
• one cup tomato juice
• bay leaves
• onions
• cut-up carrots

Method

1. 1

   Prepare the prairie hens and brown in butter and bacon.

2. 2

   Place in an iron pot.

3. 3

   In the frying pan, add flour, bouillon, and tomato juice, stir until simmering, then strain over the birds.

4. 4

   Add bay leaves, onions, and carrots, and cook for 3 to 3.5 hours on low heat, turning occasionally.

5. 5

   Serve on a hot platter garnished with parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Swedish, French, American cook book (1918) by Hammond, Maria Mathilda (Ericsson) Mrs., page 340. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Potted Prairie Hen a la Matelote Poule d’ Amerique en terrine, a la Matelote Select prairie hens; pick, singe, clean, and wash well; tie up plump; put in a frying pan with some butter and bacon; keep turning until brown all around. When golden brown, put the birds in an iron pot. Put two tablespoons flour in the frying pan the birds are browned in, then add about four cups bouillon, stock or broth (if not at hand, water can be used instead), and one cup tomato juice. Stir until nice and simmery then strain it right over the birds in the iron pot; add some bay leaves, onions, cut-up carrots

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